Student beating up a teacher?

I was appalled yesterday when I heard on the news that a student beat up a teacher for no darn reason. The teacher was on the Today show and she said the girl came up to her %26amp; said, "I'm going to hit you" The teacher said "If you hit me, I will defend myself" What is happening with today's youth? This teacher said no one is allowed to discipline these kids %26amp; that's why they do it because they can get away with it. Has the system failed us? Only in America. Oh, the kid was only suspended for a couple of days, and the teacher was told by the Principal that she provoked the student by saying she would defend herself. What's she supposed to do. sit there %26amp; take it?

Student beating up a teacher?
Something needs to be done where the students can have an outlet for their frustrations. Like having a grievance system set up for them to complain about what they don't like.
Reply:I saw that too - did you notice that the teacher said the student was still there when she (the teacher) was taken to a clinic? Why didn't someone, some school official etc call the Police?
Reply:It's not as new as many think.





I had a brother-in-law who was principal in FL., back in the 50s.


He had been in the army, was 6'6.





Had to wrestle a knife from a high schooler.
Reply:The education system sucks. The way i look at it and you may be offended, but educators end up running the system. I think that is our issue. I think it should be business men. Educators are there to educate kids, business men take care of the rest.
Reply:Well, she should have followed through and defended herself. If she got carried out on a stretcher, she didn't do a very good job of it!


I'm not sure where this happened, but many places have imposed zero-tolerance policies on physical (or even verbal sometimes) violence and the student will be given one chance then removed for the rest of their life. I feel like that is harsh, but appropriate in this day %26amp; age.


The principal was way off base, but what do you expect....most educators are at the bottom of their classes and most school administrators became such because they couldn't even handle teaching, so they're like the bottom 1% of the population! Oh well, what can you do? Fight the teachers' unions? Good luck.


I understand some people are bad parents, but that is no excuse for teachers not doing their jobs in general. An entire class of out-of-control failures cannot be blamed on parents. They cannot possibly ALL be bad parents.....not to mention, many teachers who actually have a talent for their craft can get even the most unruly students, from the worst homes, to excel. However, in this situation of physical violence, it is clearly a law-enforcement issue, and an issue of enforcing school policies that do not allow violence of any sort, no matter how good or bad the parents/teachers are.
Reply:I agree with everyone here....this is all bulls**t!!





But what we are doing here is blaming the schools, which yes they have something todo with there not being enough punishment.





But where the problem starts is at home, with the parents. So maybe parents shouldn't have kids if they aren't going to discipline them correctly. Parents need to be more strict about punishing kids and guiding them. Some parents don't give kids enough attention, they tend to go look for it somewhere else.
Reply:One time this kid at school was smart mouthing the teacher trying to be a badazz. Well I can't really remember what happened but he was wearing pants with really long chains on them and he tried to hit the teacher or something and the teacher grabbed the chains and wrapped them around the kids neck and basically choked the mess out of that kid. The kid deserved it. Great thing is, the teacher didn't get in trouble.
Reply:I think it's atrocious what kids are allowed to get away with these days. No wonder they are the way they are and why the schools are sometimes more like a war zone than an educational facility.





Hopefully that teacher will file charges against the student on her own and then sue the school, and the principal personally, for failing to maintain a safe working environment. Maybe that will help send a message that enough is enough.
Reply:That girl has anger issues that need to be addressed. If she was on a mission to purposely attack the teacher, then by all means that teacher should defend herself by any means necessary.





I agree. I am getting extremely worried about today's youth. 2 weeks ago, third graders were plotting to kill their teacher. Last week 8 teenagers ranging from ages 14-18 were charged with beating up a 16 year old girl. And this week we have this. If this country would stop being so darn PC about raising kids, then kids today can lead a normal childhood.
Reply:That's crap. I would knock the sh*t out of that kid, so they wouldn't ever say that again.


We have corporal punishment here and i support it.


GOD BLESS Texas
Reply:So many parents have tied the hands of the teachers and the school systems by defending their children even for brutish behavior. You are right, that brat should have been tossed into a juvenile system rather than a few days suspended. Did you notice anyone helping the teacher? No, instead they filmed it as if they were watching a movie or playing a video game. The class should be disciplined as well. I wouldn't step one foot back into a classroom where I didn't have control and a school system to back me up. This is horrible.